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H. TURNER.

HANGING LAMP.

Patented May 20 H nes se 9,.

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Nl'llt) Frames Barnum FFICEG JOHN H. TURNER, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO \VALLA'CE &

. SONS OF SAME PLACE.

HANGIING LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,800, dated May 20,1884. Application filed December 26, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it 77mg concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN H. TURNER, of Ansonia, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented new Improvements inHanging Lamps; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification; andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a side or face view of the shadering, lampholder, and itsconnection with the ring; Fig. 2, side view of the upper end of one armof the harp; Fig. 3, transverse section through the ring at the pointwhere the harp is connected; Fig. 4, vertical section, cutting at rightangles through the arm directly in front of the brace; Fig. 5, the bracedetached; Fig. 6, vertical section through the lamp-holder and harpdirectly in front of the brace; Fig. 7, the brace E detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction ofhanging-lamp fixtures, and particularly to that class which are madefrom sheet metal, the object being to strengthen the connections betweenthe parts; and it consists in providing an interlocking transverse braceat the points of connection, as hereinafter described, and moreparticularly recited in the claim.

In illustrating my invention I show a ring for the support of the shade,with the lampholder attached directly thereto, which will be sufficientto enable those skilled in the art to apply my invention to other pointsof connection.

A represents the shade-ring; B B, the harp upon which the lamp-holder Cis placed, and by which the holder is connected to the ring. The harp Bis made from sheet metal, its upper end, as seen in Fig. 2, constructedwith a stud, a, which passes through a hole in the flange b of theshade-ring, (see Figs. 3 and 4,)

and by which it is attached to the shade-ring. This end, however, may beattached to the shade-ring, say, simply by soldering, the at tachment,as will hereinafter appear, being temporary. At the upper end the arm isconstructed with a vertical slot, cl, extending from below upward towardits upper end, as seen in Fig. 2,'the width of this slot being equal inthickness to the brace D, to which it is to be attached. The brace D, asseen in Fig. 5, is cut from sheet metal, and of any ornamental shape,and from its upper edge downward is avertical slot, c, corresponding inwidth to the thickness of the arm B, the depth of the slot 6 being equalto the distance from the upper end of the slot d to the extreme end ofthe arm, and so that the lgrace D, introduced through the slot d in thearm B, will pass up through the slot and each side the arm above theslot, as seen in Fig. 4, the upper side of the brace extending to theright and left from the arm B onto the under surface of the flange b ofthe shade-ring. The

upper edge of the brace is constructed with rivets f, (more or less inDL1Il1b61,)W]1lOh1)2tSS through corresponding perforations in the flangeof the shade-ring, and so as to be riveted down upon the upper side, asseen in Fig. 4, which firmly unites the brace to the ring, and, becauseof the slot in the brace bearing upon opposite sides of the arm, itforms a firm support for the arm in its attachment to the ring, as wellas making an ornamental part of the fixture, and, because the braceinterlocks with the slot d of the arm, the direct connection between thearm and the ring may be so temporary, or only for convenience in the actof attaching the parts, or it may be omitted entirely, the brace servingas the only means of connecting the arm to the ring. The frame or harpextends around beneath the lampholder, and if supported only on the thinsheetmetal frame the connection between the holder and the frame wouldbetoo weak for practical use.

To strengthen the support, I provide abrace, 0

E, like the brace D, before described, and in like manner interlock itwith the frame, so as to extend both ways at right angles from theframe, and thus makev a firm seat for the lampholder.

'95 The upper edge of the brace is provided with studs f, the same asbefore described, which pass through the lamp holder or plate to whichit is to be attached, and are there riveted, as seen in Fig. 6.

I claimv I structed, substantially as described, for attach- 1oTheherein-described improvement in means ment to the portion to whichthe part to be. for uniting the parts of hanging-lamp fixtures, bracedis to be attached, the plane of the brace consisting in a braceconstructed with atransbeing at substantially right angles to the part 5"erse slot corresponding to the thickness of to be braced, substantiallyas specified.

the part to be braced, and the part to be braced v I JOHN H. TURNER.with a corresponding slot, whereby the brace Witnesses: and the part tobe braced may be interlocked EDSON L. BRYANT, the one with the other,the said brace con- GEO. H. HAWLEY.

